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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-aid-act-1988-modification-regulations-2000/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2000/2227",
  "legislation_title": "The Legal Aid Act 1988 (Modification) Regulations 2000",
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  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "LEGAL AID AND ADVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 10th August 2000\nLaid before Parliament 17th August 2000\nComing into force 2nd October 2000\nThe Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 34 and 43 of the Legal Aid Act 1988, and with the consent of the Treasury, hereby makes the following Regulations:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1988 c. 34; sections 34 and 43 were amended by the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41), Schedule 18, paragraphs 60 and 63. Section 34(3) confers power to modify the Act for the purposes of its application in prescribed circumstances; section 43 is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning given to “regulations”."
    }
  ],
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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